Tag: Christmas

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

My Hallmark Moment

All this talk of shopping, of black this and gray that, of small-business-something and cyber-something-else, and all of the idealized advertising images that accompany such mayhem have reminded me of one of my Christmases past, probably my first “adult” Christmas when I jumped into the buying rituals with both feet and then had to ask…
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November 28, 2012 0

A Girl’s Comb

I still have the comb Mrs. Muus gave me for Christmas when I was 12 years old. That was 35 years ago. I know that makes me sound like a hoarder, which I’m not. Very few things have followed me from childhood to the point I’m at in life now: a couple of toys that…
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September 17, 2012 5